Make money in your spare time Get paid for completing simple tasks

Want to make money in your spare time? Become an Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) Worker and start applying your skills to the thousands of available tasks in the MTurk marketplace.

While computing technology continues to improve, there are still many things that people can do much more effectively than computers. These include tasks such as identifying objects in a photo or video, performing data de-duplication, transcribing audio recordings or researching data details.

What type of work is available on Amazon Mechanical Turk?

Learn more about common tasks available below

Image/Video Processing

While difficult for computers, it is extremely easy for humans to analyze images. In the past, Workers have helped complete image processing tasks such as:

Tagging objects found in an image to improve search or advertising targeting

Helping companies select the best picture to represent a product

Audit user-uploaded images or videos to moderate content

Classifying and identify objects found in satellite imagery

Data Verification and Clean-up

Companies with large online directories or catalogs use MTurk to identify duplicate entries and verify item details. Workers help clean and verify data by:

Removing duplicate content from business listings

Identifying incomplete or duplicate product listings in a catalog

Verifying restaurant details such as phone numbers or hours of operation